Health Highlights: Sept.22, 2022
First evidence that babies can taste, smell in the womb. Special scans of late-term fetuses show that those whose moms had just consumed carrots showed more " laughter face " responses, while those whose moms had eaten kale showed more " cry face " ... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Eating carrots during pregnancy makes babies happy and kale turns them to 'tears'
Children's hatred of greens - and an apparent love of carrots - start in their mums' wombs, astonishing evidence reveals. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hatred of green vegetables begins in the WOMB! Babies smile for carrots but grimace for kale
Researchers from Durham University took 4D ultrasound scans of 100 pregnant women to see how their unborn babies responded after being exposed to flavours. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bomb Threat Suspect Nabbed; That's Not a Carrot; DEA Investigates Telehealth Company
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The FBI arrested a Massachusetts woman in connection with a bomb threat against Boston Children's Hospital. (NBC News)
Health officials sound the alarm about overuse of tecovirimat... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 16, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Lenovo announces consumer AR glasses that can tether to iPhones
Lenovo dangles a platform-agnostic carrot in front of AR hopefuls. #hopefuls #lenovo #iphones (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AHA News: Tiny Sprouts Provide Big Nutrition
TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (American Heart Association News) -- Move over baby carrots and petite peas. Even tinier vegetables are catching on as go-to healthy foods.
Microscale vegetables, a growing food category that includes sprouted seeds, are... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 7, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
How to trick your brain into better eating habits
Ditching the cutlery, scoffing a big first bite and discussing the carrots can help rewire our brains and make us more mindful of our mealsBefore diving in at a dinner party, my friend Lizzie always makes a point of asking the host to describe each dish they ’ve made. It’s a way of acknowledging their efforts – but, according to food psychology, she could also be helping herself and her fellow diners eat better by making them more mindful of their meal.Charles Spence is a professor of experimental psychology at Oxford University, who researches the factors that influence what we choose to eat and what we think about ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 17, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Clare Finney Tags: Psychology Food Health & wellbeing Food science Social trends Life and style Society Source Type: news
Boosting Food Security and Education in Schools in Brazil
Students eat lunch in the cafeteria of the João Caffaro Municipal School in Itaboraí, in southeastern Brazil. Schoolchildren returned to eating vegetables and drinking natural fruit juices when the school canteens and the supply of family farming products to the National School Feeding Program resumed in April this year, after an interruption brought about by the COVID pandemic. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPSBy Mario OsavaITABORAÍ, Brazil , Apr 27 2022 (IPS) “I like lettuce, but not tomatoes and cucumbers,” said nine-year-old Paulo Henrique da Silva de Jesus, a third grader at the João Baptista Caffaro Municipal S...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 27, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mario Osava Tags: Development & Aid Editors' Choice Education Featured Food and Agriculture Headlines Health Integration and Development Brazilian-style Latin America & the Caribbean Poverty & SDGs Projects Regional Categories TerraViva United Natio Source Type: news
Butterfly Network taps Heather Getz as CFO and more digital health hires
Also: Employer-focused mental health startup Spring Health makes two new hires, and Carrot Fertility adds to its medical team. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - April 20, 2022 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
The Truth About Common Digestive Health Fears
Everyone experiences digestive problems now and then, and they’re nobody’s idea of a good time. In a survey of nearly 72,000 adults in the U.S., 61% reported having had at least one gastrointestinal (GI) symptom over the previous week, and within that group, 58% said they’d had two or more GI symptoms over the past week, according to a study in a 2018 issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Because symptoms like constipation, heartburn, and abdominal pain are generally vague and often don’t have an obvious cause, those suffering tend to fear the worst.
“People get very concerned abo...
Source: TIME: Health - March 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stacey Colino Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Delicious recipes designed to help you eat to live longer at every single meal
UK gut health expert Dr Megan Rossi gives recipe ideas to help you eat to live longer at every single meal, including a carrot cake, orange-glazed salmon and a rainbow pancake stack. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Austria Starts Lottery to Boost Support for Vaccine Mandate
Austrian lawmakers passed the European Union’s first law making coronavirus vaccinations mandatory as other member states ease restrictions in the latest wave of the pandemic.
The parliament’s lower house approved the policy on Thursday with additional support from most deputies in two opposition groups. The far-right Freedom Party rejected the plan.
The mandate will come into force next month, and officials will start imposing fines as high as 3,600 euro ($4,084) for dissenters from mid-March. The government will also introduce a lottery system to reward people willing to take the shot.
After months of prepara...
Source: TIME: Health - January 20, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Marton Eder / Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized Austria bloomberg wire COVID-19 Londontime Source Type: news
Neil deGrasse Tyson Tweets About Santa Claus For Christmas, Here ’s The Reaction
Did you leave your carrots and celery sticks out for Santa Claus last night? (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 25, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Science /science business pharma Source Type: news
Evernow names Dr. Leah Millheiser its next CMO and more digital health hires
Also: Carrot Fertility taps Tim Kelly as its next chief commercial officer. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - December 9, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Double Solution to Ongoing Food and Climate Crises
BCFN's double pyramid encourages the adoption of eating styles that are people and planet focused. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPSBy Joyce ChimbiNAIROBI, Nov 17 2021 (IPS) For the last ten years, Angeline Wanjira’s food stall at Kirigiti Market in Kiambu County has featured the same foods, cabbages, potatoes and carrots, keeping with the community’s most preferred food types.
Over in the Lake Victoria region County of Homabay, Millicent Atieno has sold fish at the Mbita market since 2015. A pattern that Nairobi-based food safety and security expert Evans Kori says replicates itself throughout Kenya’s 47 Counties.
“Our fo...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joyce Chimbi Tags: Africa Biodiversity Climate Action Environment Featured Food Security and Nutrition Food Sustainability Global Green Economy Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations #ClimateAction #BCFNforum #FoodSystems Barilla Center Source Type: news
